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Bottom Paint Makeover with Sailing Catalpa
Ahoy, fellow adventurers! Meet Sailing Catalpa: a family of 4, who bought a 44 ft Ferro Cement Wilf O'Kell sailboat in 2014, and packed up their lives in Australia to chase their dreams and sail the world. They hope to inspire others...
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Hydrofoiling Technology | Learning to Fly with Waterlust
Team Waterlust seems ready to try just about anything. Of course we love it when they turn their tools to some fine boatbuilding (as they did this past spring), or, in...
Read moreBuilding the TotalBoat Work Skiff: The Inwales & A Banana
Episode 28 finds Lou making beautiful cuts on a banana to offer his sage advice on how to get to the best grain in a log. He is seeking this premier part...
Read moreThe Graves Constellation “Vela” Restoration is Halfway Done!
When Vela, the Graves Constellation, rolled into the shop back in the fall, the scope of the restoration that was to take place seemed to be fairly massive, but certainly...
Read moreThe TotalBoat Work Skiff: Fitting the Breast Hook & Quarter Knees
After finding and forming the perfect timber for the breast hook of the TotalBoat Work Skiff, Lou fits it perfectly into the bow and works to do the same aft...
Read moreBuilding the TotalBoat Work Skiff: Steaming The Breast Hook
After selecting the most perfect timber he could scout from a fan’s wooded lot in New York, Lou is ready to cut, shape and steam the large piece of oak....
Read moreBuilding the TotalBoat Work Skiff: Sourcing the Breast Hook
Lou Sauzedde’s Q&A video helped him to locate fan who had a perfect piece of tree to harvest and cut for the breast hook of the work skiff. Follow Lou into...
Read moreTotalBoat Shop Night 2017 | Update On Vela, Century Resorter, & Hobbie Hull
Time to bed and attach the forward port rub rail. Joe is using a caulking gun attachment to his drill to apply the BoatLife Polysulfide bedding compound. The beat goes...
Read moreBuilding the TotalBoat Work Skiff: Installing the Lift Rails
Welcome back to you and to superstar shipwright, Louis Sauzedde, who needed a long winter’s nap to stock up energy for finishing off the TotalBoat Work Skiff. We are past...
Read moreTotalBoat & JD Supports the Community Boating Center in Providence
JD & TotalBoat have supported the efforts of the amazing Community Boating Center in Providence for many years. By contributing to their program with product, manpower and motivation, we have witnessed the...
Read moreThe TotalBoat Work Skiff Series – Q&A With Louis Sauzedde
Lou Sauzedde is nearing the 25th episode of the series, Building the TotalBoat Work Skiff. So he thought it would be a good time to get to answering lots of...
Read moreHow to Use TotalBoat White Knight Fiberglass Stain Remover
A problem most boat owners can’t deny is the inevitable ugly color stain that finds your waterline after a few months in the water. Some areas water makes this unsightly stain...
Read moreBuilding the TotalBoat Work Skiff: Designing The Sheer
With the TotalBoat Work Skiff upright and ready for more work on the topsides, Lou gets right to work designing the sheer. This sweeping angle at the front of the...
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